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Do’s & Dont’s

CAUTION: I am not a parrot expert or a nutritionist. Please talk to your veterinarian about your parrot food recipe to be sure it does not contain anything harmful to the species, and that it will supply adequate nourishment.

Make sure fruit and vegetable first rinse them before you edit and give it to your bird(s).

Some foods are toxic to parrots and must avoided when you make your own parrot food. These includes:
alcoholavocados
(shelled) ground peanuts (read this about the good jungle peanuts!)
caffeine
chocolate
rhubarb
some seeds (from fruit)
milk
onion (including garlic and chives)
Be careful, or give no tomato, spinach and mushrooms

If you are giving your birds a pellet with added supplements, read the instructions you can give besides the pellets.

Again, I am not a nutritionist, so If you are in doubt, always look on the internetor ask yourveterinarian!
I avoid upper foods because I know or heard they are not good.

7 thoughts on “Do’s & Dont’s”

Hi there. I’m curious about your “no tomatoes”… my birds get tomatoes now and then and love the seeds inside. I do know, however, that only the fruit is safe to give them. The other plant parts – stem, vines and leaves – are considered toxic. 🙂

Hi
Great recipes!
Do I need to buy all ingredient individually? Or can these be present in his normal everyday food?
I have just purchased a wood toy stuffed with nice food inside! He loved this!
Can I make my own food to replace this?

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